Archives for September 2012

Hello Cassie,
I'm from méxico and i really need some help!!
I've been having gerd or acid reflux for 9 months now!!!
Yesterday i decided to go alkaline and just in one day i felt much better,,,i substituted meat with quinoa and buckwheat as another alkaline website said ( by the way it said totally avoid animal products and so i did, hopefully you are familiar with dr youngs approach)
i had a serving of buckwheat for breakfast..a little quinoa for lunch and a lentil muffin … [Read more...]

Hi Dr Jay,
A question if you have any idea as to what is going on.
My husband and I have been on the low carb diet for 2 years. We have been in Italy for the last 4 months and lately started having cramps.
The cramps as not as bad as the ones I had when I began the diet 2 years ago (I didn’t know then about the big need for salt). But my husband didn’t get them at all when he started the diet.
I have made up bone broth a few times that has stopped our cramps for a while and then they start … [Read more...]

A good question below and one close to my heart as my beloved has suffered with the same diseases.
Hello Cassie,
I was following an alkaline/paleo diet until I developed calcium oxalate kidney stones and osteoporosis.
Many of the leafy greens contain high oxalates and apparently animal protein leaches calcium from the bones. My Dr. has suggested I try eating low oxalate/high alkaline but that is easier said than done. There are just so much confusing & contradictory … [Read more...]